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Poles apart
Poland is furiously divided – but it’s not in the grip of ‘hyper-nationalism’
Labour’s England problem
My party needs to stop being scared of patriotism
Private fears
Prep schools are a soul-sapping waste of money
Brazil Notebook
Ipanema, Brazil Another Sunday night, yet another episode of Game of Thrones drowned out by pot-banging and angry folk yelling…
A QC’s guide to cocaine
Drug-taking is less glamorous when you know how the trade really works
Verdi
Verdi has a peculiar if not unique place in the pantheon of great composers. If you love classical music at…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Verdi
Verdi has a peculiar if not unique place in the pantheon of great composers. If you love classical music at…
To a Turkish president
There was a young fellow from Ankara Who was a terrific wankera Till he sowed his wild oats With the…
Boris needs you!
The former mayor of London makes his case for Brexit
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Lumped with Trump
His choice of running mate could heal the rift with the neocons
The internet’s war on free speech
The web was meant to empower us all. Right now, it’s empowering censors
Carry on campus
British higher education is in a boom that’s bound to go bust
Guilty displeasures
It is now entirely cool to adore the uncool. But what about the things we can’t admit to not enjoying?
The death of the funeral
I mourn for the traditional ceremony
Bullfighting
Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31…
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Bullfighting
Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31…
Arrest
The sun always grabs us by surprise its yolky wash on a pub wall the clumsy spill round the black…
Turkey’s triumph
President Erdogan has the EU’s leaders exactly where he wants them
Beware the Lycra louts
Cycling in funny clothes is bad for the soul
How to save Labour
The party needs real radicalism – it is in the hands of an ugly simulacrum
A toe-curling tragedy
Zac Goldsmith’s London campaign was an embarrassment
The axeman next door
What happened when I tried American neighbourliness in London
